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London-headquartered bank earning roughly 90% of its profit in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, whose Anchorpoint joint venture holds one of Hong Kong's first two stablecoin issuer licences and will issue the HKDAP token from the second quarter of 2026.
London-headquartered bank formed in 1969 from the merger of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China and the Standard Bank of British South Africa, with roughly 90% of profit earned in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and total assets of about $920bn in 2025. It has assembled the digital asset chain in pieces rather than as one platform: Libeara, incubated by SC Ventures in Singapore, tokenised a Singapore-dollar government bond fund with FundBridge Capital; Anchorpoint Financial, its joint venture with HKT and Animoca Brands, received one of Hong Kong's first two stablecoin issuer licences in April 2026 and will issue the HKDAP token from the second quarter of 2026 through authorised distributors. In May 2026 the bank confirmed it would buy out the minority holders of Zodia Custody (Northern Trust, Emirates NBD, SBI Holdings and National Australia Bank) and move the custody business into corporate and investment banking while keeping it available to third-party institutions.
Developments in which Standard Chartered PLC is a named party, newest first.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority granted its first stablecoin issuer licences on 10 April 2026 to HSBC and to Anchorpoint Financial, a joint venture led by Standard Chartered with Animoca Brands and HKT. The two licences were selected from 36 applications…
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